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...n who appears before the department of taxation, on its order, as to the appraisal of property in any taxing district, shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the proper county, if an officer of any such taxing district, the person's actual and necessary traveling expenses, which shall be itemized and sworn to by the person who incurred the expense, and if other than any such officer, the person shall ...

...ent, secretary, receiver, accounting or tax officer, servant, or agent of a railroad company shall refuse to attend before a lawful board of appraisers and assessors when required to do so, or refuse to submit to the inspection of such board any books or papers of such company in his possession, custody, or control, or refuse to answer any question put to him by the board or upon its order concerning the business, ...

...fuse to attend before the department of taxation when required to do so, or refuse to bring with the officer, employee, or agent and submit for inspection any books or papers of such person in the officer's, employee's, or agent's possession, custody, or control, or refuse to answer any questions put to the officer, employee, or agent concerning the organization, business, or property of such person.

...In case any tax or fee authorized by law to be charged and collected against any class of corporations or public utilities is declared invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the law, as applicable to any other class of corporations or public utilities.

... the later of the following: (a) The tax year in which the secretary of the treasury of the United States, or the secretary's delegate, determines, in accordance with section 45Y of the Internal Revenue Code, that the annual greenhouse gas emissions from the production of electricity in the United States are equal to or less than twenty-five per cent of the annual greenhouse gas emissions from the production of el...

...ualifying property shall be exempt from taxation for the tax year following the year in which the property is placed into service and for the ensuing four tax years.

...n company that is required to remit the tax imposed by section 5727.81 of the Revised Code. "Electric distribution company" does not include a person that donates all of the electricity the person generates to a political subdivision of the state. Division (A)(2) of this section shall not apply to a political subdivision in this state that is the end user of electricity that is donated to the political subdivision....

...te and its local governments, an excise tax is hereby levied and imposed on an electric distribution company for all electricity distributed by such company at the following rates per kilowatt hour of electricity distributed in a thirty-day period by the company through a meter of an end user in this state: KILOWATT HOURS DISTRIBUTED RATE PER TO AN END USER KILOWATT HOUR For the first 2,000 $.00465 ...

...te and its local governments, an excise tax is hereby levied on every natural gas distribution company for all natural gas volumes billed by, or on behalf of, the company. Except as provided in divisions (C) or (D) of this section, the tax shall be levied at the following rates per MCF of natural gas distributed by the company through a meter of an end user in this state: MCF DISTRIBUTED TO AN END USER RATE PE...

...istribution company required to pay the tax imposed by section 5727.81 of the Revised Code shall file with the tax commissioner a return as prescribed by the tax commissioner and shall make payment of the full amount of tax due for the preceding month. The electric distribution company shall make payment to the tax commissioner unless required to remit the payment electronically as provided in section 5727.83 of the ...

...lf-assessing purchaser shall remit each tax payment electronically as prescribed by divisions (B) and (C) of this section. The tax commissioner shall notify each natural gas distribution company, electric distribution company, and self-assessing purchaser of the obligation to remit taxes electronically by using the Ohio business gateway, as defined in section 718.01 of the Revised Code, or another means of electro...

...11.50 of the Revised Code. (3) "Local taxing unit" means a subdivision or taxing unit, as defined in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code, a park district created under Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code, or a township park district established under section 511.23 of the Revised Code, but excludes school districts and joint vocational school districts. (4) "State education aid," for a school district, means the fo...

...f the recognized valuation included the tax value loss for the school district or joint vocational school district; (c) The state education aid offset for fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011 equals the greater of the state education aid offset calculated for that fiscal year under divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section or the state education aid offset calculated for fiscal year 2009. (2) For fiscal years 20...

...s section after June 30, 2015. (A) The tax commissioner shall compute the payments to be made to each local taxing unit, and to each public library that receives the proceeds of a tax levied under section 5705.23 of the Revised Code, for each year according to divisions (A)(1), (2), (3), and (4) and division (E) of this section, and shall distribute the payments in the manner prescribed by division (C) of this secti...

...The tax commissioner shall administer sections 5727.80 to 5727.95 of the Revised Code and may adopt such rules as are necessary to administer those sections. Upon request of the tax commissioner, the public utilities commission shall assist the tax commissioner by providing information regarding any natural gas distribution company or electric distribution company that is subject to regulation by the commission.

...(A) The tax commissioner may make an assessment, based on any information in the commissioner's possession, against any natural gas distribution company, electric distribution company, self-assessing purchaser, or qualified end user that fails to file a return or pay any tax, interest, or additional charge as required by sections 5727.80 to 5727.95 of the Revised Code. When information in the possession of th...

...No assessment of the tax imposed by section 5727.81 or 5727.811 of the Revised Code shall be made by the tax commissioner more than four years after the date on which the return for the period assessed was due or filed, whichever date is later. This section does not bar an assessment when any of the following occur: (A) The party assessed failed to file a return as required by section 5727.82 of the Revised Code; (...

...rer of state shall refund the amount of tax paid under section 5727.81 or 5727.811 of the Revised Code that was paid illegally or erroneously, or paid on an illegal or erroneous assessment, or any penalty assessed with respect to such taxes. A natural gas distribution company, an electric distribution company, or a self-assessing purchaser shall file an application for a refund with the tax commissioner on a form pre...

...Every person liable for the tax imposed by section 5727.81 or 5727.811 of the Revised Code shall keep complete and accurate records of all electric and natural gas distributions and other records as required by the tax commissioner. The records shall be preserved for four years after the return for the taxes to which the records pertain is due or filed, whichever is later. The records shall be available for inspecti...

... that person is not registered with the tax commissioner as an electric distribution company or a natural gas distribution company. (B) Each person required to register under division (A) of this section shall register prior to distributing electricity or natural gas to a meter of an end user in this state or to an unmetered location in this state. The tax commissioner shall prescribe the form of the registration ap...

...istribution company required to pay the tax imposed by section 5727.81 of the Revised Code and each natural gas distribution company required to pay the tax imposed by section 5727.811 of the Revised Code shall provide to its customers in this state the statement required by section 4933.33 of the Revised Code.

...(A) No natural gas distribution company, electric distribution company, or self-assessing purchaser shall fail to file any return or report required to be filed pursuant to section 5727.82 of the Revised Code, or file or cause to be filed any incomplete, false, or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or aid or abet another in the filing of any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement. (B) No person shall...

...Revised Code or any rule adopted by the tax commissioner under those sections, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on the first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.

...As used in sections 5728.02 to 5728.14 of the Revised Code: (A) "Motor vehicle" means everything on wheels that is self-propelled, other than by muscular power or power collected from electric trolley wires and other than vehicles or machinery not designed for or employed in general highway transportation, used to transport or propel persons or property over a public highway. (B) "Commercial car" means any m...

...ode, every person who is liable for the tax imposed by section 5728.06 of the Revised Code on the operation of a commercial car or a commercial tractor that is, or is to be, operated or driven upon a public highway in two or more jurisdictions shall cause to be filed annually with the tax commissioner an application for a fuel use permit to be furnished by the commissioner for that purpose. Each application for a ...

...make annual service payments in lieu of taxes to the county treasurer on or before the final dates for payment of real property taxes. Each payment shall be charged and collected in the same manner and in the same amount as the real property taxes that would have been charged and payable against any improvement made on the parcel if it were not exempt from taxation. If any reduction in the levies otherwise applicable...

...(A) Any township that grants a tax exemption under section 5709.73 of the Revised Code shall establish a township public improvement tax increment equivalent fund into which shall be deposited service payments in lieu of taxes distributed to the township under section 5709.74 of the Revised Code. If the board of township trustees has adopted a resolution under division (C) of section 5709.73 of the Revised Code, the ...

...A) All of the following are exempt from taxes levied by the state and its subdivisions: (1) Public obligations; (2) Interest or interest equivalent on public obligations and on purchase obligations; (3) The transfer, and any profit made on the sale, exchange, or other disposition, of public obligations. (B) The exemptions granted by division (A) of this section apply to public obligations and purchase obliga...

...property that would first appear on the tax list and duplicate of real and public utility property after the effective date of a resolution adopted under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code were it not for the exemption granted by that resolution. For purposes of division (A) of section 5709.78 of the Revised Code, "improvement" does not include any property used or to be used for residential purposes. For this purpo...

...pose may be exempted from real property taxation, for a period of not more than ten years. The resolution shall specify the percentage of the improvement to be exempted and the life of the exemption. A resolution adopted under this division shall designate the specific public infrastructure improvements made, to be made, or in the process of being made by the county that directly benefit, or that once made will di...

...make annual service payments in lieu of taxes to the county treasurer on or before the final dates for payment of real property taxes. Each such payment shall be charged and collected in the same manner and in the same amount as the real property taxes that would have been charged and payable against the improvement if its value were not exempt from taxation. If any reduction in the levies otherwise applicable to the...

...at receives service payments in lieu of taxes under section 5709.79 of the Revised Code shall establish a redevelopment tax equivalent fund into which those payments shall be deposited. Separate accounts shall be established in the fund for each resolution adopted by the board of county commissioners under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code. If the board of county commissioners has adopted a resolution under divisio...

...the account of the county redevelopment tax equivalent fund established for such public infrastructure improvements and housing renovations, to pay the interest on and principal of the bonds or notes issued pursuant to the resolution. The resolution shall specify the maturity date or dates, the interest payable in accordance with section 9.95 of the Revised Code, and such other terms to be included in the bonds or no...

...truction of real property exempted from taxation under the chapters or sections of the Revised Code enumerated in division (B) of this section; (b) Persons not described by division (A)(1)(a) of this section who are first employed at the site of such property and who within the two previous years have not been subject, prior to being employed at that site, to income taxation by the municipal corporation within whos...

...or enter into any instrument granting a tax exemption under section 725.02, 1728.06, 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.45, 5709.48, 5709.62, 5709.63, 5709.632, 5709.73, 5709.78, 5709.84, or 5709.88 of the Revised Code or formally approving an agreement under section 3735.671 of the Revised Code, or prior to forwarding an application for a tax exemption for residential property under section 3735.67 of the Revised Code to the co...

...ments" means improvements exempted from taxation under section 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.45, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code. (2) "Political subdivision" means the county, township, or municipal corporation granting an exemption from taxation under section 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.45, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code. (B) The legislative authority of a political subdivision that grants an exemption from t...

...rporation that grants an exemption from taxation under Chapter 725. or 1728. or section 3735.67, 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.45, 5709.62, 5709.63, 5709.632, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code shall develop policies to ensure that the recipient of the exemption practices nondiscriminatory hiring in its operations. As used in this section, "nondiscriminatory hiring" means that no individual may be denied employment sol...

..., or (3) of this section is exempt from taxation for a period, not to exceed ten years, specified in the resolution or ordinance declaring the property as being used for a public purpose and commencing on the effective date of the resolution or ordinance. The exemption applies to the property only in the proportion it is used in local railroad operations within the territorial jurisdiction of the county, township, or...

...rporation that grants an exemption from taxation under Chapter 725. or 1728. or under section 3735.67, 5709.28, 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.45, 5709.62, 5709.63, 5709.632, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code shall create a tax incentive review council. The council shall consist of the following members: (1) In the case of a municipal corporation eligible to designate a zone under section 5709.62 or 5709.632 of the ...

...se under this section are exempted from taxation for the number of years specified in the resolution or ordinance, not to exceed ten years from the day the property is purchased from the legislative authority, or, if the property is leased by the legislative authority, from the day the lease agreement takes effect. If only a portion of abandoned school property is purchased or leased, the exemption from taxation for ...

...n of the director, shall certify to the tax commissioner and to the director of development services that such a covenant has been issued, that such remedies or remedial activities have occurred at that property, and the date on which those remedial activities began. The certification shall be in such form as is agreed upon by the directors of environmental protection and development services and the tax commissione...

... as determined for purposes of property taxation immediately prior to formal approval of an agreement under division (D) of this section. (6) "Occupy" means to make expenditures to alter or repair a vacant facility equal to at least twenty per cent of the market value of the facility prior to such expenditures, as determined for the purposes of local property taxation. (7) "Vacant facility" means a facility that ha...

...r not the investments are exempted from taxation, including existing or new building size and the cost thereof; the value of machinery, equipment, furniture, and fixtures, including an itemization of the value of machinery, equipment, furniture, and fixtures used at another location in this state prior to the agreement and relocated or to be relocated from that location to the facility, and the value of machinery, eq...

... or county shall include the amount of taxes exempted and the estimated dollar value of any other incentives provided under the agreement. (3) The number of agreements receiving compliance reviews by the tax incentive review council in the municipal corporation or county under section 5709.883 of the Revised Code during the calendar year for which the report is submitted, including all of the following informa...

...rporation that grants an exemption from taxation under section 5709.88 of the Revised Code shall create a tax incentive review council unless the county has created such a council under section 5709.85 of the Revised Code. If a council has been created under that section, that council shall perform the functions prescribed by this section. A council created under this section shall consist of the following members: ...

... ordinance exempting from real property taxation improvements to each parcel of real property whose construction commenced as the result of infrastructure whose development, repair, or upgrade was funded by a residential development loan accepted by the subdivision. The resolution or ordinance shall be adopted and begin to apply in the same tax year in which such infrastructure is developed, repaired, or upgraded. ...

...(A) Service payments in lieu of taxes required under sections 725.04, 5709.42, 5709.46, 5709.74, and 5709.79 of the Revised Code, minimum service payment obligations, and service charges in lieu of taxes required under sections 1728.11 and 1728.111 of the Revised Code shall be treated in the same manner as taxes, as defined in section 323.01 of the Revised Code, for all purposes of the lien described in section 323.1...

... the same manner as other real property tax exemptions, notwithstanding the indication in division (A) of section 5715.27 of the Revised Code that the owner of the property may file the application. An application for exemption may not be filed by a municipal corporation, township, or county for an exemption of a parcel under section 5709.40, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code if the property owner excludes the ...

...The tax commissioner may, in accordance with section 5703.14 of the Revised Code, adopt rules to implement sections 5709.91 and 5709.911 of the Revised Code.

...ondition in which they existed, for the tax year in which the ordinance or resolution creating the incentive district referred to in division (B) of this section was enacted or adopted, as reflected in the exempt tax list or the general tax list and duplicate of real and public utility property. (2) "Sexennial reappraisal and triennial update" means the reappraisal and update referred to in section 5715.24 of the Re...