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...ent the use of any sewers, water pipes, gas pipes, or conduits used for such purposes, or for telephone or telegraph purposes, in such road, street, alley, way, or ground, except temporarily when necessary in the construction of said tunnels. Said grant can only be made upon such terms as are agreed upon by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, or by the board of county commissioners in the case of...

... franchise, and property taxes; natural gas, fuel oil, water, electricity, sewage, and refuse and hazardous medical waste collection; allocated other protected home office costs; and any additional costs defined as other protected costs in rules adopted under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code. (LL)(1) "Owner" means any person or government entity that has at least five per cent ownership or interest, either dire...

...formaldehyde foam insulation, and radon gas; and any material defects in the property that are within the actual knowledge of the transferor. The form also shall set forth a statement of the purpose of the form, including statements substantially similar to the following: that the form constitutes a statement of the conditions of the property and of information concerning the property actually known by the transfero...

...ding, but not limited to, power, light, gas, hot and cold water, heating, refrigeration, air conditioning, and incinerating; (e) Elevators, tanks, pumps, motors, fans, compressors, ducts, and, in general, all apparatus and installations existing for common use; (f) Community and commercial facilities that are not listed in division (F)(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of this section but provided for in the declaration...

...sion, power, electricity, light, heat, gas, oil, crude products, water, steam, waste, storm water not connected with highway drainage, alternative or renewable energy sources such as wind or solar, or any other similar commodity, including a fire or police signal system or street lighting system that directly or indirectly serves the public.

...ion. (b) "Highway truck stop" means a gas station with a sign that is visible from a highway, as defined in section 5501.01 of the Revised Code, that offers amenities to commercial vehicles.

...any of the following: (a) Plumbing and gas-fitting; (b) Steam and hot-water heating, ventilating apparatus, and steam-powered plant; (c) Electrical equipment.

...s, sewer lines, steam lines, pipelines, gas and water lines, tracks, or other equipment or appliances of any electric cooperative, railroad, or public utility, whether owned privately or by any governmental authority, located on, over, or under the portion of the street, highway, or road affected by the vacation, are not required for purposes of the vacating authority, any affected electric cooperative, railroad, or ...

...ch there is a sanitary sewer, water, or gas main, such plans shall include the extension to the curb of all necessary and proper service connections with such sewer or main. After any improvement is laid under such sections, any future installation of mains or public utility lines shall, so far as possible, be made between the curb and property line. No road, street, or alley improved under sections 5559.02 to 5559...

...wers, sewage collection systems, steam, gas, and electric lines, roads, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, storm drainage facilities, and construction of other facilities or buildings equal to at least fifty per cent of the market value of the facility prior to the expenditures, as determined for the purposes of local property taxation. (R) "Large manufacturing facility" means a single Ohio facility that employed an averag...

...in tax year 1999 in the case of natural gas company tax value losses, payments shall be made to school districts and joint vocational school districts equal to one hundred per cent of the loss computed under division (D) of section 5727.85 of the Revised Code as in effect before July 1, 2015, as if the tax were a fixed-rate levy, but those payments shall extend through fiscal year 2016. (2) For taxes levied within...

...e per cent in the case of (1) a natural gas company or (2) a water-works company for taxable property first subject to taxation in this state for tax year 2017 and thereafter; (D) Eighty-eight per cent in the case of a pipe-line company, a water-works company for taxable property first subject to taxation in this state before tax year 2017, or a heating company; (E)(1) For tax year 2005, eighty-eight per cent ...

...As used in this section, "taxpayer" means any person subject to the tax imposed by section 5727.24 of the Revised Code. Upon the issuance of a tax credit certificate by the Ohio venture capital authority under section 150.07 of the Revised Code, a refundable credit may be claimed against the tax imposed on a taxpayer under section 5727.24 of the Revised Code. The credit shall be claimed on a return due under section...

...posed by this section. (C) A natural gas company's gross receipts received after April 30, 2000, are not subject to the annual excise tax imposed by this section. (D) A telephone company's gross receipts derived from amounts billed to customers after June 30, 2004, are not subject to the annual excise tax imposed by this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, gross receipts derived from amounts bi...

...any derived from operating as a natural gas company that is subject to the tax imposed by section 5727.24 of the Revised Code. (b) The total gross receipts of the company, for the year next preceding the first day of May, in this state from business done within the state. (B) The reports required by section 5727.31 of the Revised Code shall contain: (1) The name and principal mailing address of the company; (...

...ny combination thereof, such as natural gas or other fuels; energy management products, software, and services; machinery and equipment acquisition; and financing agreements. (c) "Single location" means a facility located on contiguous property separated only by a roadway, railway, or waterway. (2) Division (C) of this section applies to any commercial or industrial purchaser's receipt of electricity through a ...

...in tax year 1999 in the case of natural gas company tax value losses, payments shall be made equal to one hundred per cent of the loss computed as if the tax were a fixed-rate levy, but those payments shall extend from fiscal year 2006 through fiscal year 2016. (E) Not later than January 1, 2002, for all taxing districts in each joint vocational school district, the tax commissioner shall certify to the department o...

...in tax year 1999 in the case of natural gas company tax value losses, payments shall be made equal to one hundred per cent of the loss computed as if the tax were a fixed-rate levy, but those payments shall extend from 2011 through 2016 if the levy was charged and payable for debt purposes in tax year 2010. If the levy is not charged and payable for debt purposes in tax year 2010 or any following tax year before tax ...

...iding information regarding any natural gas distribution company or electric distribution company that is subject to regulation by the commission.

...oner'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 the tax commissioner indicates that a person liable for the tax imposed by section 5727.81...

...ate 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 inspection by the tax commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent, upon request of the commissioner or such agent.

...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.

... incorporated or connected; (e) A flue gas desulfurization system that is connected to a coal-fired electric generating unit; (f) Facilities or equipment acquired, constructed, or installed, and used, at a coal-fired electric generating unit primarily for the purpose of handling the byproducts produced by a compliance facility or other coal combustion byproducts produced by the generating unit in or to which th...

...ht and one-half cents on each gallon of gasoline; (2) Forty-seven cents on each gallon of motor fuel other than gasoline. (F) The tax on each gallon equivalent of compressed natural gas shall be: (1) Ten cents on and after July 1, 2019, and before July 1, 2020; (2) Twenty cents on and after July 1, 2020, and before July 1, 2021; (3) Thirty cents on and after July 1, 2021, and before July 1, 2022; (4) Forty cent...

...for the purpose of operating stationary gas engines, tractors not used on public highways, unlicensed motor vehicles used exclusively in intraplant operations, vessels when used in trade, including vessels when used in connection with an activity that constitutes a person's chief business or means of livelihood or any other vessel used entirely for commercial purposes, vessels used for commercial fishing, vessels use...

...(A) As used in this section, "documentary material" means the original or any copy of any writings, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, phonorecords, and other data compilation from which intelligence, relevant to any investigation conducted to determine if any person is or has been engaged in a violation of this chapter, may be perceived with or without the use of detection devices. (B) Whenever the attorney gen...

...(A) On and after the effective date of the rules adopted under sections 3734.70, 3734.71, 3734.72, and 3734.73 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection may take action under this section to abate accumulations of scrap tires. If the director determines that an accumulation of scrap tires constitutes a danger to the public health or safety or to the environment, the director shall issue an order u...

...(A) The fire marshal shall do all of the following: (1) Adopt the state fire code under sections 3737.82 to 3737.86 of the Revised Code; (2) Enforce the state fire code; (3) Appoint assistant fire marshals who are authorized to enforce the state fire code; (4) Conduct investigations into the cause, origin, and circumstances of fires and explosions, and assist in the prosecution of persons believed to be g...

...The state fire marshal may conduct testing on cigarettes certified by a manufacturer pursuant to section 3739.07 of the Revised Code to determine whether the manufacturer complied with the requirements of this chapter. The state fire marshal shall conduct any such testing in accordance with division (B) of section 3739.03 of the Revised Code. Whenever the state fire marshal or a designee of the state fire mar...

...(A) The director of health shall do all of the following: (1) Administer and enforce the requirements of sections 3742.01 to 3742.19 and 3742.99 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted pursuant to those sections; (2) Examine records and reports submitted by lead inspectors, lead abatement contractors, lead risk assessors, lead abatement project designers, lead abatement workers, and clearance technicians in a...

...(A) As used in this section, "costs of conducting the voluntary action" means the costs incurred for performing a voluntary action that are cost effective and reasonably necessary to protect public health and safety and the environment, including, without limitation, the costs for all of the following: (1) Identifying potential sources of contamination of the property by hazardous substances where a voluntary action...

...A member of the emergency response commission, officer or employee of the environmental protection agency, member or employee of a local emergency planning committee, officer or employee of a fire department, health professional, physician, nurse, or other person who receives information classified as a trade secret pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(2)(d) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code, information...

...A member of the emergency response commission, officer or employee of the environmental protection agency, member or employee of a local emergency planning committee, officer or employee of a fire department, health professional, physician, nurse, or other person who receives information classified as a trade secret or identified as confidential business information pursuant to EPCRA and who violates division (F) of ...

...(A) If the director of environmental protection determines that conditions at a reporting facility constitute an imminent and substantial threat to public health or safety or are causing or contributing to, or are threatening to cause or contribute to, air or water pollution or soil contamination, the director may expend moneys from the immediate removal fund created in section 3745.12 of the Revised Code to take suc...

...There is hereby established in the department of commerce a board of building appeals consisting of five members who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Terms of office shall be for four years, commencing on the fourteenth day of October and ending on the thirteenth day of October. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which ...

...(A) The board of building standards may certify municipal and county boards of building appeals to hear and decide appeals from adjudication orders pertaining to the enforcement of this chapter and Chapter 3791. of the Revised Code and any rules adopted pursuant thereto. Any board of appeals that has been certified by the board of building standards may contract with any municipal corporation or county certified to e...

...(A) Assisting suicide is hereby declared to be against the public policy of the state. (B) A court of common pleas shall grant an injunction enjoining any action related to assisting suicide if it finds there is reason to believe that the person enjoined is preparing to assist a suicide, is in the course of assisting a suicide, or has assisted a suicide. The injunction shall prohibit the person from assisting any su...

...(A) Any of the following acts in this state, effected by mail or otherwise, by any such unauthorized foreign or alien insurer; (1) the issuance or delivery of contracts or insurance to residents of this state, (2) the solicitation of applications for such contracts, (3) the collection of premiums, membership fees, assessments, or other considerations for such contracts, or (4) any other transaction of insurance busin...

...(A) If any insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization fails to comply with section 3904.08, 3904.09, or 3904.10 of the Revised Code with respect to the rights granted under such section, any person whose rights are violated may apply to the appropriate common pleas court, or any other court of competent jurisdiction, for appropriate equitable relief. (B) An insurance institution, agent, or insur...

...(A) As used in sections 3905.14 to 3905.16 of the Revised Code: (1) "Insurance agent" includes a limited lines insurance agent, surety bail bond agent, and surplus line broker. (2) "Refusal to issue or renew" means the decision of the superintendent of insurance not to process either the initial application for a license as an agent or the renewal of such a license. (3) "Revocation" means the permanent terminat...

...Unless revoked by the superintendent of insurance or unless cancelled by him on written notice from the company, or the "attorney" designated under section 3931.01 of the Revised Code, all certificates of authority and licenses of companies, or such "attorneys" organized or admitted to do business under the laws relating to insurance companies, may, in the discretion of the superintendent, and at the request of the c...

...(A)(1) A licensee under this chapter shall, for five years, retain copies of all of the following: (a) All proposed, offered, or executed contracts, purchase agreements, underwriting documents, policy forms, and applications from the date of the proposal, offer, or execution of the contract or purchase agreement, whichever is later; (b) All checks, drafts, or other evidence and documentation related to the paymen...

...A violation of this chapter shall be an unfair or deceptive act or practice under sections 3901.19 to 3901.26 of the Revised Code. Additionally, health plan issuers holding a certificate of authority from the superintendent are also subject to the following: (A) If, after notice and hearing, the superintendent of insurance finds that a health plan issuer has failed to comply with the requirements of this cha...

...Action on any contract of indemnity made by an attorney under section 3931.01 of the Revised Code, actions to recover taxes, and all other actions, may be brought against the attorney in the county in which the cause of action arises, or in which the claimant resides. In any such action against such attorney summons and process shall be served on the superintendent of insurance and must be made in duplicate; when so ...

...(A) No employer, including the state and political subdivisions thereof, shall discriminate in the payment of wages on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or ancestry by paying wages to any employee at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays wages to another employee for equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Employee" means an individual currently or formerly employed by an employer. (2) "Employer" means the state, any political subdivision of the state, any person employing one or more individuals in this state, and any person directly or indirectly acting in the interest of the state, political subdivision, or such person. (3) "Political subdivision" and "state" have the same meanin...

...The prevailing rate of wages to be paid for a legal day's work, as prescribed in section 4115.04 of the Revised Code, to laborers, workers, or mechanics upon public works shall not be less at any time during the life of a contract for the public work than the prevailing rate of wages then payable in the same trade or occupation in the locality where such public work is being performed, under collective bargaini...

...(A) The administrator of workers' compensation shall oversee the implementation of the Ohio workers' compensation qualified health plan system as established under section 4121.442 of the Revised Code. (B) The administrator shall direct the implementation of the health partnership program administered by the bureau as set forth in section 4121.441 of the Revised Code. To implement the health partnership program and ...

...In the investigation and determination of the right of persons to participate in the disabled workers' relief fund, the administrator of workers' compensation shall have and exercise all the powers that he possesses under this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code. An order issued by the administrator relative to an individual's right to participate in the disabled workers' relief fund is appealable pursuant ...

...(A) The administrator of workers' compensation, under special circumstances, and when the same is deemed advisable for the purpose of rendering the injured or disabled employee financial relief or for the purpose of furthering the injured or disabled employee's rehabilitation, may commute payments of compensation or benefits to one or more lump-sum payments. (B) The administrator shall adopt rules which set forth t...