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...(A) In any action or proceeding in quo warranto, in injunction, or otherwise brought by the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney under sections 1331.01 to 1331.14 of the Revised Code, all persons that are party to or participating in the trust or conspiracy against trade violative of those sections may be made parties defendant and summoned, whether or not they reside in the county in which the action or proc...

...If a court of record, or a judge thereof in vacation, in which is pending a civil or criminal action or proceeding brought or prosecuted by the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney for the violation of sections 1331.01 to 1331.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or an action or proceeding for a violation of a law, common or statute, against a conspiracy or combination in restraint of trade, so orders, no person...

...Sections 1331.01 to 1331.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code are cumulative of each other and of all other laws in any manner affecting them.

...No person engaged in the business of buying milk, cream, or butter fat shall, for the purpose of creating a monopoly, or to restrain trade, or to prevent or limit competition, or to destroy the business of a competitor, discriminate between different sections, localities, communities, or cities of this state, by purchasing such commodity at a higher price or rate in one locality than in another, after making due allo...

...(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, can be perceived with or without the use of detection devices. (B) Whenever the attorney gen...

...In carrying out official duties, the attorney general shall not disclose publicly the facts developed in an investigation conducted pursuant to this chapter unless the matter has become a matter of public record in enforcement proceedings, in public hearings, or other official proceedings, or unless the person from whom the information has been obtained consents to the public disclosure.

...(A) (1) Whoever violates section 1331.04 of the Revised Code is guilty of conspiracy against trade. Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, a conspiracy against trade is a felony of the fifth degree. (2) If any of the following conditions apply, the conspiracy against trade is a felony of the fourth degree: (a) The amount of the contract or the amount of the sale of commodities or services involved...

...As used in sections 1332.01 to 1332.10 of the Revised Code: (A) "Applicable generally accepted accounting principles" means accounting principles and standards set forth in all applicable pronouncements of the governmental accounting standards board. (B) "Cable service," "cable system," "franchise," and "franchising authority" have the same meanings as in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," Pub. L. No. 104-104, T...

...It is the public policy of this state under sections 1332.01 to 1332.10 of the Revised Code to: (A) Ensure fair competition in the provision in this state of cable service over a cable system, consistent with the procompetitive policies of the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," Pub. L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56, 47 U.S.C.A. 151, for the purposes of providing the widest possible diversity of entertainment, information...

...(A) Nothing in sections 1332.01 to 1332.10 of the Revised Code is a determination by the general assembly that the provision of cable service over a cable system by a municipal corporation does or does not constitute a public utility pursuant to Section 4 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution. (B) Nothing in sections 1332.01 to 1332.10 of the Revised Code confers authority on a political subdivision of this state to o...

...(A) No political subdivision of this state shall provide cable service over a cable system, whether bundled with other services or unbundled, except in accordance with sections 1332.01 to 1332.10 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) No political subdivision of this state that is a public cable service provider or contracts with a public cable service provider for cable service over a cable system shall, by any means, ...

...(A)(1) In addition to satisfying any other applicable notice and hearing requirements, the legislative authority of a political subdivision of this state shall provide notice in accordance with division (B) of this section of its consideration of an ordinance or resolution that would authorize the expenditure of public money for a cable system or the provision of cable service over a cable system, including, but not ...

...(A) A political subdivision of this state that is a public cable service provider shall maintain a special fund for its cable system and the provision of cable service over that cable system and shall be subject, with respect to that special fund, to sections 5705.09, 5705.10, 5705.14, 5705.15, 5705.16, 5705.39, 5705.40, 5705.41, 5705.44, and 5705.45 and any other applicable provision of Chapter 5705. of the Revised ...

...A violation of any provision of division (B) of section 1332.04 of the Revised Code by a political subdivision, whether as a franchising authority, public cable service provider, or otherwise, relieves any other cable service provider in the jurisdiction of the political subdivision from any obligation to comply with or perform any regulation, rule, requirement, or restriction that is the subject of the violation, an...

...(A) A dispute for which a civil action is authorized under section 1332.09 of the Revised Code may first be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the procedures and subject to the conditions set forth in divisions (B) to (D) of this section. (B) Prior to initiating a civil action under section 1332.09 of the Revised Code, a person authorized to bring such an action may provide written notice of proposed arbitr...

...(A) A political subdivision subject to division (A), (B), or (C) of section 1332.04 or division (C) of section 1332.05 of the Revised Code may bring a civil action for declaratory relief in the court of common pleas in the county in which the political subdivision is located or in any county of this state in which the political subdivision is a public cable service provider. (B) A person that is or is likely to be a...

...Any right of action, remedy, or penalty under section 1332.08 or 1332.09 of the Revised Code is in addition to any right of action, remedy, or penalty otherwise available under law.

...The general assembly finds and declares all of the following for the purposes of sections 1332.21 to 1332.34 of the Revised Code: (A) Video service brings significant daily benefits to this state by providing news, education, and entertainment. (B) This state's economy will be enhanced by investment in new communications and video programming infrastructure, including fiber optic and internet protocol technol...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section, no person shall provide video service in this state on or after September 24, 2007, except pursuant to a video service authorization issued under section 1332.24 of the Revised Code. Nothing in sections 1332.21 to 1332.34 of the Revised Code equates authority to construct and operate telecommunications facilities in a public right-of-way to...

...(A)(1) In accordance with section 1332.25 of the Revised Code, the director of commerce may issue to any person, or renew, a video service authorization, which authorization confers on the person the authority, subject to sections 1332.21 to 1332.34 of the Revised Code, to provide video service in its video service area; construct and operate a video service network in, along, across, or on public rights-of-way...

...(A) An application made to the director of commerce for a video service authorization under section 1332.24 of the Revised Code shall require and contain only the following: (1) Specification of the location of the applicant's principal place of business and the names of the applicant's principal executive officers; (2) Specification of the geographic and political boundaries of the applicant's proposed video servi...

...(A) No political subdivision shall require a video service provider to obtain from it any authority to provide video service within its boundaries. (B) Except as authorized under division (C) of this section and under sections 1332.30 and 1332.32 of the Revised Code, no political subdivision shall request anything of value from a video service provider for providing video service; impose any fee, license, or gross r...

...(A) Before it provides or sells video service to one or more subscribers within its video service area or any additional video service area under division (C) of section 1332.25 of the Revised Code, a video service provider shall provide ten days' advance, written notice of that service or additional service to the respective municipal corporation or township and to every person providing video service in all o...

...(A) Consistent with the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," Pub. L. No. 104-104, Title III, Sections 303(a), 110 Stat. 61, 124, 47 U.S.C. 541(a)(3) and to prohibit discriminatory practices against a group of potential residential subscribers, no video service provider shall deny access to video service to any group of potential residential subscribers in its video service area because of the race or income of the...

...g reasonable technical solutions under commercially reasonable terms and conditions. (4) A natural disaster prevents compliance. (5) There are other factors beyond the provider's control. If an extension of time is granted, the director shall establish a new compliance deadline. If a waiver is granted, the director shall specify the requirement or requirements waived.