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...When the Ohio air quality development authority finds it necessary to change the location of any portion of any public road, state highway, railroad, or public utility facility in connection with the construction of an air quality project, it shall cause the same to be reconstructed at such location as the division of government having jurisdiction over such road, highway, railroad, or public utility facility finds m...

...(A) There is hereby created in the Ohio air quality development authority the office of ombudsperson for the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program created under section 3704.18 of the Revised Code. The office shall exercise its duties independently of any other state agency. (B) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the ombu...

...All meetings of the Ohio air quality development authority shall be public. All final actions of the authority shall be journalized and such journal and the records of the authority shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times, except that any records or information relating to secret processes or secret methods of manufacture or production that may be obtained by the authority or other persons acting u...

...Sections 3706.01 to 3706.20, inclusive, of the Revised Code being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

...'s waste reduction model (WARM). (C) "Air contaminant source" has the same meaning as in section 3704.01 of the Revised Code. (D) "Cogeneration technology" means technology that produces electricity and useful thermal output simultaneously. (E) "Renewable energy resource" means solar photovoltaic or solar thermal energy, wind energy, power produced by a hydroelectric facility, power produced by a run-of-the-riv...

...by the executive director of the Ohio air quality development authority, with the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the authority, that a particular project is an advanced energy project and is consistent with Chapter 166. of the Revised Code and Section 2p or 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, shall be conclusive as to the validity and enforceability of the obligations issued to finance su...

...The Ohio air quality development authority shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt any rules necessary to implement sections 3706.25 to 3706.28 of the Revised Code.

...As used in sections 3706.40 to 3706.65 of the Revised Code: (A) "Qualifying solar resource" means an electric generating facility in this state to which all of the following apply: (1) The facility uses or will use solar energy as the primary energy source. (2) The facility obtained a certificate for construction of a major utility facility from the power siting board prior to June 1, 2019. (3) The facility i...

...ng solar resource may apply to the Ohio air quality development authority to receive payments for solar energy credits under section 3706.55 of the Revised Code.

...n 3706.41 of the Revised Code, the Ohio air quality development authority shall review and approve the application, not later than March 31, 2020, if the resource meets the definition of a qualifying solar resource in section 3706.40 of the Revised Code.

...ng trade secrets, submitted to the Ohio air quality development authority under sections 3706.41 and 3706.43 of the Revised Code is confidential information and is not a public record for the purpose of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

...e Revised Code shall report to the Ohio air quality development authority, not later than seven days after the close of each quarter, the number of megawatt hours the resource produced, if any, in the previous quarter. The first report shall be made not later than April 7, 2020, and the last report shall be made not later than January 7, 2027. The information reported shall be in accordance with data from the generat...

...(A)(1) Beginning for all bills rendered on or after January 1, 2021, by an electric distribution utility in this state, such electric distribution utility shall collect from all of its retail electric customers in this state, each month, a charge which, in the aggregate, is sufficient to produce a revenue requirement of twenty million dollars annually for total disbursements required under section 3706.55 of the Revi...

... Revised Code and deposited by the Ohio air quality development authority, in consultation with the public utilities commission. The interest generated by the fund shall be retained in the fund and used for the purposes set forth in sections 3706.40 to 3706.65 of the Revised Code. (B) The fund shall be administered by the Ohio air quality development authority, and the authority shall request the treasurer of state...

...to controlling board approval, the Ohio air quality development authority may use, from the solar generation fund created under section 3706.49 of the Revised Code, up to a maximum of three hundred thousand dollars to pay for the authority's administrative costs for that year under sections 3706.40 to 3706.65 of the Revised Code. (B) In addition to the amount approved in division (A) of this section for fiscal year...

...d ending with January of 2028, the Ohio air quality development authority shall, in April of 2021 and every three months thereafter through the end of the period, and not later than the twenty-first day of the month, direct the treasurer of state to remit money from the solar generation fund created under section 3706.49 of the Revised Code. Subject to section 3706.59 of the Revised Code, the moneys from the fund sha...

...d 3706.43 of the Revised Code, the Ohio air quality development authority shall rereview and approve an application from a qualifying solar resource if the resource submitted the application before March 1, 2020. (B) The deadlines for the quarterly reports required under section 3706.45 of the Revised Code that have passed before the effective date of this section do not apply to a qualifying solar resource whose ...

...If the money in the solar generation fund is insufficient to make the payments in the amounts required under section 3706.55 of the Revised Code for all owners and operators of qualifying solar resources, then the authority shall do both of the following: (A) Not later than twenty-one days after the close of the quarter in which the charges collected were insufficient, direct the treasurer to prorate payments from ...

...ot later than January 1, 2020, the Ohio air quality development authority shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are necessary to implement sections 3706.40 to 3706.65 of the Revised Code.

...or the purpose of carrying out the Ohio air quality development authority's duties under sections 3706.40 to 3706.63 of the Revised Code, the authority may make use of the staff and experts employed at the public utilities commission in such manner as is provided by mutual arrangement between the authority and the commission. Any information, data, and equipment of the commission shall be placed at the disposal of th...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Wage" means compensation due to an employee by reason of employment, payable in legal tender of the United States or checks on banks convertible into cash on demand at full face value, subject to the deductions, charges, or allowances permitted by rules of the director of commerce under section 4111.05 of the Revised Code. "Wage" includes an employee's commissions of which the employee'...

...Every employer, as defined in Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution, shall pay each of the employer's employees at a wage rate of not less than the wage rate specified in Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution. The director of commerce annually shall adjust the wage rate as specified in Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution. No political subdivision shall establish a minimum wage rate differen...

...ns of section 7 and section 13 of the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938," 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C.A. 207, 213, as amended, and, effective beginning on the effective date of this amendment , sections 2 and 4 of the "Portal to Portal Act of 1947," 29 U.S.C. 252 and 254. Any employee employed in agriculture shall not be covered by the overtime provision of this section. A motor carrier may elect to apply the overt...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, an employer is not required to pay the overtime wage rate under section 4111.03 of the Revised Code to an employee for any time that the employee spends performing any of the following activities: (a) Walking, riding, or traveling to and from the actual place of performance of the principal activity or activities that the employee is employed to p...

...cy responsible for enforcement of the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938," 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C.A. 201, as amended. If the federal agency has completed an audit or examination of the employer's records within the sixty days prior to the date the director notifies the employer of the director's intent to examine the employer's records, the director shall accept in lieu of the director's own inspection, a report from...